Talk:Mors Syphilitica

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Tag for Deletion: Clearly fails WP:BAND. No non-trivial sources, no recordings on major labels - an album distributed (not released on) Projekt is the closest it comes. Delete as non-notable. Bigdaddy1981 06:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A little digging shows that their albums are self-released.Bigdaddy1981 06:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding their albums, the first two are on Sacrum Torch (what I assume Bigdaddy1981 means by self-released) while the third, FEATHER and FATE was released on Projekt. This counts as a major label within the goth scene, but I'm not so sure if that means much with regards to WP:BAND. They also went on at least one nationwide US tour, in 2002. Unfortunately, the band's website is down and they do not appear to exist anymore (this is implied by, among other things, the Doc and Lisa Hammer articles). Unless someone can come up with more detailed information than what I was able to find, I suggest that we delete this and expand the bits on Mors and Requiem in White in the Hammers' individual articles. --AvesCorax 22:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're suggesting that a band that put out 4 albums be deleted? That's ridiculous. There are already too few examples of bands that are Gothic music as opposed to Gothic rock on wikipedia and too many misinformed people trying to merge Gothic music and rock because of it. Nay. Leave it. 76.181.250.255 (talk) 00:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mors Syphilitica IS Gothic rock with a strong Ethereal touch. And Gothic music IS Gothic rock. --Ada Kataki (talk) 04:26, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think what you're referring to here, mate, is Neoclassical Dark Wave. At least that's how it's described here, on Wikipedia. I see your point about Mors Syphilitica being more Gothic music than Gothic Rock, however. I do disagree that Gothic music and Gothic rock are the same thing. I've been in 5 different bands over the years and feel that the more Christian Death style bands I've been involved with definately fit the rock mold, whereas the projects involving heavy usage of harpsichords, cellos and violin music didn't really sound very rock at all. But absolutely Gothic. We never really described those bands as Gothic rock. Remember, Wikipedia requires that all content be verifiable, not true. Cheers! Very Old School Goth (talk) 04:44, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We never really described those bands as Gothic rock. Correct, because they're Dark Wave bands and categorized as Ethereal or Neoclassical, not Goth. But Mors Syphilitica is definitely a Rock band. It's a variant of slow Goth rock including a Post-punk influence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.122.32.237 (talk) 10:32, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your passion for music. But I know what kind of music my own bands were and I'll not be drawn into a debate on another band's Wiki page. Cheers! Very Old School Goth (talk) 15:55, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]